For returning Minnesota veterans, normal’s an adjustment
May 21, 2012 at 2:30 am in Grand Forks Herald
Ron Chapman sees his military career in numbers. Chapman, 42, returned in April to his home in White Bear Township from a sweltering, sandy camp in Kuwait, the last stop in three deployments over five years. He’s been home only two months in the past two years. In the lives of his three children, he said, that time has added up. Continue Reading
Thank you and especially your family, for Service to our country.
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Thank you also. My nephew in another state, just got back from his third tour last fall. The deployments affected his civilian employment (cost him one job and promotion in his current job) no matter how much they are supposed to be helped by the laws. His tours and how he was treated by some employers convinced him to not reenlist.
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